The University of Kansas Paleontological Institute goodies AND THAT S NOT ALL The Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce the immediate availability of three new articles in Treatise Online Access to Treatise Online is free to members of the Palaeontological Association Paleontological Society and SEPM as well as members of subscribing libraries all others can purchase downloads more BUT WAIT THERE S MORE The Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce the newest volume in the Paleontological

International Palaeontological Association of all geological periods and to encourage the integration and synthesis of all palaeontological knowledge There has been a long standing connection between the International Palaeontological Association and the University of Kansas Roger Kaesler Department of Geology and former Director of the Paleontological Institute University of Kansas was the IPA Treasurer for several years The current Treasurer of the IPA is Bruce Lieberman Department of Geology University of Kansas The

PALAIOS Kansas since April of 2006 The current coeditors are Stephen T Hasiotis University of Kansas Department of Geology and J P Zonneveld University of Alberta Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences The current managing editor is Jill Hardesty of the

Paleo Institute Staff of word processing library research compiling computer range charts and other miscellaneous duties In 1994 she was promoted to Assistant Editor for Text She is currently editing the Carboniferous and Permian ammonite Treatise having just finished volume 6 of the brachiopod Treatise Jill has a BS in Secondary Education 5 88 a BA in French 5 89 and an MA in the History of Art 10 92 all from The University of Kansas She is married to Mike Cormack and they have two great daughters 19 year old Emma and 16 year old Anna Jill enjoys traveling reading running and especially spending time with her family Mike Cormack Mike Cormack first studied music as an undergraduate then eventually went on to obtain a BA in History and Philosophy 1989 MA in Philosophy 1992 and PhD in Philosophy studying under Professor Thomas M Tuozzo 1999 all from the University of Kansas For several years he taught introductory philosophy and ethics classes at Missouri Western State College Mike has been working at the Paleo Instisute since 1999 in the capacity of Information Specialist He is responsible for all things web related at the Paleo Institute as well as the International Palaeontological Association

Upcoming and Past Events in the Department of Geology is one of only four KU students to receive this year s prestigious Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship Erin is advised by Paul Selden Gulf Hedberg Distinguished Professor of Invertebrate Paleontology and Director of the Paleontological Institute Read more about the Self Graduate Fellowship and Erin s accomplishments August 2009 The Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the first article in the new online series Paleontological Contributions Vincent Perrichot 2009 Long tailed wasps Hymenoptera Megalyridae from Cretaceous and Paleogene European amber For additional information please visit the Paleontological Contributions page July 2009 The Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce a new online journal Paleontological Contributions is an online only open access rapid publication journal available free of charge to anyone with internet access Visit the journal site for additional information May 2009 The University of Kansas Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume of the University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions New Series Number 17 Supraspecific taxa of the Bivalvia first named described and published in China 1927 2007 by Fang Zong jie Chen Jin hua Chen Chu zhen Sha Jin geng Lan Xiu and Wen Shi xuan edited by Paul A Selden 2009 Information about all Paleontological Contributions publications can be found here and free online access to previously published volumes can be found at the KU ScholarWorks site April 2009 The University of Kansas Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L Revised Mollusca 4 vol 2 Carboniferous and Permian Ammonoidea edited by Paul A Selden 2009 This is the second of four volumes of the revision Included are systematic descriptions of Cretaceous ammonoids prepared by William M Furnish Brian F Glenister Jürgen Kullmann and Zhou Zuren Orders Goniatitida and Prolecanitida are included along with a stratigraphic range chart to the genus level references and index xxix 258 p 139 fig 1 table ISBN 9781 891276 61 1 75 00 February 2009 The Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce their newest publication jointly published by the University of Kansas Department of Geology and Paleontological Institute Special Publication 6 by Daniel F Merriam Geology at The University of Kansas The First Century 1866 1966 and a Bit Beyond ISBN 9781 891276 62 X xiii 211 p 96 fig 25 00 This is the history of a prominent university geology program that had its beginning with the founding of The University of Kansas in 1866 This story as with any other builds on the foundations built by others through time and is the product of the people involved It is punctuated by events that occurred during the first 100 years of geology at KU December 2008 Publication of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology series has transfered from joint publication with the Geological Society of America to sole publication by the Paleontological Institute at the University of Kansas Treatise volumes can now be purchased through the Paleo Institute web site For further information we invite you to read the complete text of a letter printed in the December issue of GSA Today from GSA President Judith Totman Parrish Paul Selden Director of the Paleontological Institute and Robert Goldstein Chair of the Department of Geology at the University of Kansas In the near future the Treatise will be online in the form of downloadable chapters of previously printed volumes as well as a searchable database which will allow authors to cooperatively share in the production of Treatise volumes Production of the hard copies will continue as usual December 2008 The Paleontological Institute has published the latest article in the University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions new series volume 16 by James Sprinkle and Colin Sumrall This article describes two new genera and two new species of Parablastoidea from Early and Middle Ordovician faunas from the western United States Sprinkle James and Colin D Sumrall New parablastoids from the western United States University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions new series 16 14 p 10 fig December 1 2008 May 2008 The University of Kansas Paleontological Institute is delighted to announce the first step towards complete online availability of all of our publications The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions is now available online open access All issues with the exception of Daniel F Merriam s recently published biography of R C Moore are now available thanks to the generosity of the University of Kansas Libraries and through their ScholarWorks web site To access University of Kansas Paelontological Contributions please go to the Paleontological Contributions page of this site where you will find direct links to the Paleo Contributions database where you can search for articles and order paper copies and to the ScholarWorks web site where you can browse the volumes by author title subject or date PDF files can be viewed and downloaded at no cost May 2008 The Paleontological Institute hosted a visit of two researchers studying the extraction of data from taxonomic literature on Monday and Tuesday May 12th and 13th 2008 Dr Richard Connor Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Strathclyde Scotland spoke on Parsing Pseudo Natural Language within Taxonomic Descriptions and Dr Hong Cui Assistant Professor in the School of Information Resources and Library Science University of Arizona Tucson spoke on Simple Machine Learning Methods for Marking up Taxonomic Descriptions March 2008 The new expanded Paleo Institute web site with additional features is now online This new web site integrates paleo departments research units and all paleo related activities at the University of Kansas Watch for further developments to the Paleo Institute site such as special events in the KU paleo environment a FAQ list and expanded information about faculty post docs and grad students October 2007 The Paleontological Institute published the final volume in the Treatise Part H brachiopoda revision Part H Revised Vol 6 Brachiopoda Edited by Paul Selden coordinating author Sir Alwyn Williams leading

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